Felix globotscffnig



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1 j F CH IG, or BOLOGNA, ITALY, AssIenoR or ONE-HALF To MORITZ MULLER, JR, or VIENNA, AUSTRIA.

PROCESS OF TREATlNG THE PLANT GENISTA T OBTMN FIBERS. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Isten't No. 284,291, dated September 4, 1883.

- Application filed July 6, 1883. (K0 specimens.) Patented in Germany November 23, 18 82, No. 22,521, and in Austria-Hungary February 10, 1883. No. 38,923 and No. ,365. H

loaZZ whom, it may concern:

. Be it known that I, FELIX GLOBO'ISCHXIG, of Bologna, in the Kingdom of Italy, have in- ,vented certain new anduseful Improvements 5 in the Process of Treating the Plant Genista to Obtain Fibc s, (for which Letters Patent have heretofore been granted to Moritz Mfill'er as my assignee by the government of Germany, No. 22,523, dated November 23, 1 882, and Ausio tria-Hungary, Nos. 38,923 and 4,366, dated February 10, 1883,) of which the following is aspecifica-tion.

- The object of my invention is to treat and prepare the plants of the species Genisfa L. in

' such a manner as to utilize the fibers of the same in the arts. The fibers of these plants,

if properly treated, can be used in place of hemp or flax, as the fiber is much stronger than hemp, and has the advantage that ropes made therefrom acquire greater strength when exposed to moisture, instead of becoming weaker and rotten, as is the case with hemp undersimilarcircumstances. Besides the fiber the refuse or woody part can be used oil for making cellulose, that is adapted, owing to its strong texture, for the manufacture of stout paper. The fibers obtained from this plant may be also bleached, and may be successfully spun and woven for use in the arts. The species Genisla L.'is found growing in most all parts of the world. it is cut, when full grown, close to the root, from whicln' in the year following, will shoot up a largcuumher of small branches, so that the original single stem will produce up to twenty-five smaller stems or ln'anchcs, and if out every year the root of the plant will, after six or seven years, gain a very deepand firm hold in the ground, and will attain athickness of up 40 to threeinches, while the branches keep getting juicicr and develop more and more fibers, which are separated from the woody portion by the following process: The plants are, preferably in small bunches,

placed into a tank or vessel filled with water, which is raised to 5 boiling-heat. To this water isadded, either before or during the boiling, lye inproportion of about thirty to sixty pounds to eight hundred pounds of the plants. The lye may be added to the water as such, already prepared, or caustic alkaline earths, in combination with carbonates of alkalies, may beemployed, which form the lye in the water containing the'plants. I employ, by preference,

carbonate of lime and carbonate of soda. in

proportion of about thirty to forty pounds of lime and eight to twelve pounds of soda for eight hundred pounds of plants. In this lye the plants are boiled for about five orsix hours,

alter which. they are left to cool, and are then I removed from the tank or boiler. The plants are then ready to undergo the same treatment as flax and hempviz., they may be steeped, dried, broken, and combed, to be subsequently employed for spinning, weaving, making cordage, yarn, and for other purposes to be used in place of hemp, flax, jute, or similar plants. From the waste and residue of the plants cellulose for the manufacture of paper may be made by any of the known processes. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The process herein described of treating the plant Genista L. so as to utilize fibers of the same in the arts, which consists in boiling the V stems or branches of the genista plants in water, to which lye or lyeforming alkalics have been added, and subsequently treating said branches by steeping, drying, breaking, and combing, substantially as set forth.

, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

EMILIO Mast, Vmcanzo hLkSI.

FELIX cLono-rso nnidfl 

